Principles and Practices of Thyroid Gland Disorders

This book is a comprehensive resource providing the latest information on the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders.

Beginning with an overview of thyroid physiology and symptoms and evaluation of thyroid problems, the following chapters discuss many benign and malignant disorders and their medical and surgical management.

Complete chapters are dedicated to ‘special circumstances’ including neonatal and junvenile thyrotoxicosis, and hyper and hypo-thyroidism in pregnancy.

In depth coverage of topics such as Graves Disease, Hashimoto Disease, paediatric Graves, and sick euthyroid syndrome, is also provided.

Key points

• Comprehensive resource providing latest information on diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders
• Covers numerous benign and malignant conditions
• Explains both medical and surgical management techniques
• Complete chapters dedicated to ‘special circumstances’

Subhash Kumar Wangnoo MD DM FRCP
Senior Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Apollo Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology (ACODE), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India

Jamal Ahmad
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, J.N. Medical College, A.M.U, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
Apollo Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India